This evening we are presenting a ghost story by the esteemed and renowned American author Edith Wharton, who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

She once said, I don’t believe in ghosts, but I’m afraid of them.”  Smart lady.  Her home in Lenox, Massachusetts, called The Mount, is believed to this day to be haunted and offers ”ghost tours” on the 113- acre property. 

Tonight’s story is entitled “Afterward,” and after a few twists and turns in the plot, we are brought to believe in a very vengeful ghost whom one can only recognize in hindsight. 

And now, turn down the lights, and join us for Part I of “Afterward” by Edith Wharton….